An approach to the software quality management

Abstract

This article is devoted to an engineering approach to software quality management. The approach is oriented toward the attainment of the software maturity, which is a key software quality characteristic. A model of quality and a conceptual model for making decisions on software quality management are developed. They are based on methods of specification of quality requirements to the maturity of software components, defect prediction, and systematic quantitative reliability control during software development. A graphical defect prediction model (a Bayesian Belief Network) is presented.

An approach to expert assessment in software engineering

“…With allowance for the infrastructure of SS development [1][2][3][4][5], we further consider processes P that satisfy the axioms presented below. In an ObD, the following types of objects ( FT ) and objectives ( FG) and also characteristics ( FC ) are fixed: Assessment activity in processes P is represented by a system of unified actions of assessment that are informationally successive for objects similar to one another, that have similar characteristics, and/or that are repeatedly monitored in running P. Each of such an action is the fixing of the value of the characteristic inherent in the type of managed (monitored) objects of P and/or elements of activity directed towards the management over them.…”

“…Based on the normative-methodical field of processes P [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8], assessment problems arising during their execution are analyzed.…”

“…Their methodical support is characterized in [1][2][3][4][5] as follows: the alternativeness of methods (compared in Table 1, where the symbol " A" labels analytical methods), the representation of the target characteristic by multicriteria treelike models or well-known dependences on treelike subcharacteristics, and the assessment of their leaves in the context of regulated maintenance documents of P.…”

“…Taking into account the specificity of the BP [1, [3][4][5][6] and MP [2][3][4][5], the activity in producing SSs, i.e., the Production Activity (PA), can be represented by the following cortege: …”

“…The achievement of the main objective of activities in PA, namely, the improvement of the quality of SSs, presumes [1][2][3][4][5] repeated assessments of processes P of activity (1) in their environment, i.e., the fix of current and predicted values of efficiency criteria (for managed or monitored objects P ), achievement levels (for business objectives of P ), and criteria of prospects (for actions directed towards achieving objectives during the execution of P ).…”